Fishy Journal : Jumpa Lecturer Lama

At a Hotel.

The Fish was accompanying and helping child #1 to breakfast. (dia tak puasa daa..)

Then I saw him standing at the buffet line.

The Fish quickly ran a mental checklist:

• Unkempt hairdo : Check. A little bit more gray hair now than 7 years ago.
• Long Sleeve Shirt, pressed, unbuttoned long sleeve, tucked into pants rather unartistical : Check.
• Tall thin frame, likely to fly in a gail wind : Check.
• Trousers / Pants ; usually does not match shirt, grayish and hangs at the ankle : check
• Trouser's belt ; none - he doesn't use one. (if it doesn't fall off then I don't need a belt..) : Check
• Flip /flops : Nope. No Flip Flops. He had a brown, thick soled sneakers on. It does not match his outfit. Sneakers looked oversized. But still characteristics of him.
• Deep bass voice : Check. He said "Yes. I am he." when The Fish asked him.
  

He remembered The Fish (alamak). He tought Finance subject and still does. Once wrote a Finance Textbook.

He was with his family, going into Singapore to see his son who studies there.

"Terrible jam at the Causeway yesterday evening, so we decided to stay in JB and go in today"

Yeah. You know how the causeway is like.

"Nice seeing you again sir, after 7 years"

Yeah.

***

Of all the people.

when you're reading the newspaper

...don't let your boss sees you.



Especially when it is afternoon, and everyone else is crunching the keyboards and hiding behind their PC monitors, looking like busy.

Eventhough you had what you set out to do for the day done.

Especially not when your boss is around.

And he passes by your door. Twice. And looks at you everytime.

Because the third time he passes by he'll wave his hand at you, beckon you to come into his office and starts to ask everything about you, your work and your to-do or task list.

And starts going down the list and finds all those which have past deadline..
.. which you thought he forgot. And he actually did forget. But now is reminded.

Blood is rushing fast through your veins now. Your head feels like exploding.

He babbles on and on, throwing questions. And you stutter.

And Stutter..

and stutter..

gibberish answers.

...and suddenly you find you've got a gazillion urgent things to do. By Today.

...drats.

***

and here i thought reading newspaper IS work.

Man...

Datin Seri Endon Pulang ke Rahmatullah

Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah.

Datin Seri Endon Mahmood, isteri Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi pulang ke rahmatullah pada jam 7.55 pagi.

Innalillahi wa inna ilaihiroji'un.

Al-Fatihah.

*iKaN pada waktu itu sedang tidur dalam kereta di tempat letak kereta sementara menunggu masuk waktu pejabat.